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Philip Sparke
Philip Allen Sparke (born 29 December 1951) is an English composer and musician born in London, noted for his concert band and brass band music. His early major works include ''The Land of the Long White Cloud – "Aotearoa"'', written for the 1980 Centennial New Zealand Brass Band championship. He subsequently went on to win the EBU New Music for Band Competition three times, including in 1986 with a commission from the BBC called ''Orient Express''. Since May 2000, his music has been published under his own label Anglo Music Press, and distributed by Hal Leonard. Notable achievements * 1997 Sudler Prize - ''Dance Movements'' * 2000 Iles Medal of the Worshipful Company of Musicians - ''Services to brass bands'' * 2005 National Band Association/William D. Revelli Memorial Band Composition Contest - ''Music of the Spheres'' * 2011 BUMA International Brass Award - ''Contributions to brass music'' * 2016 National Band Association/William D. Revelli Memorial Band Compositio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Concert Band
A concert band, also called a wind band, wind ensemble, wind symphony, wind orchestra, symphonic band, the symphonic winds, or symphonic wind ensemble, is a performing ensemble consisting of members of the woodwind, brass, and percussion families of instruments, and occasionally including the harp, double bass, or bass guitar. On rare occasions, additional, non-traditional instruments may be added to such ensembles such as piano, synthesizer, or electric guitar. Concert band music generally includes original wind compositions, concert marches, transcriptions of orchestral arrangements, light music, and popular music. Though the concert band does have similar instrumentation to the marching band, a marching band's main purpose is to perform while marching. In contrast, a concert band strictly performs as a stationary ensemble. Origins The origins of concert band can be traced back to the French Revolution, in which large bands would often gather for patriotic festivals and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meymandi Concert Hall
Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts is the main venue for the performing arts in Raleigh, North Carolina. The naming rights to the center currently are held by Duke Energy (formerly Progress Energy), which purchased them from the city in 2005 for a 20-year term at the cost of $7.5 million. The original naming rights previously were held by Business Telecom, Inc. (now EarthLink)), and the facility was known as the BTI Center for the Performing Arts from 1997-2005. BTI Owner Peter Loftin donated $3.1 million to the center in 1999, matching BTI's earlier donation. The center consists of: * Raleigh Memorial Auditorium (opened 1932, renovated 1990) * Meymandi Concert Hall (opened 2001) * A. J. Fletcher Opera Theater (opened 2001) * Kennedy Theater (opened 2001) * Lichtin Plaza (opened 2001) Performance Venues and Facilities Raleigh Memorial Auditorium Raleigh Memorial Auditorium opened in 1932 to replace the city's original 1912 City Auditorium, which burned in 1930. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leyland Band
The Leyland Band is a brass band based in Lancashire in the UK. History The Leyland Band was established in 1946 in the heart of industrial Lancashire as the Leyland Motors Band,Lancashire Post https://www.lep.co.uk/whats-on/music/leyland-brass-band-are-looking-for-some-brass-1-5572252 taking its name from the world famous truck and bus company. Now an independent group of some thirty musicians, the Band has retained its local connection and now proudly bears the name of its home town. The last twenty five years of the Bands existence has been the most consistently successful in its history. After a meteoric rise through the various sections, the Band has witnessed scores of prize awards at all the major competitions in the brass band arena. Leyland Band has also rightly earned its reputation as an unrivalled concert entertainer by producing dynamic and unique performances both at home and abroad. Leyland Band has always fostered a strong sense of originality. In 1980, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reg Vardy Band
The Reg Vardy Band is a brass band based in North East England. Since 1958 the band has been nationally graded as a Championship Section band and has won the North of England Brass Band Championships 36 times since that time. In August 2016 it was announced that the band would return to its former name of the Ever Ready Band after the 2016 national brass band championships. Craghead Colliery Band The Band was formed in 1910 as the Craghead Colliery Band. The band provided recreational activity for the miners in the village of Craghead, County Durham. In the early 1950s, Eric Cunningham became resident conductor of the band. Eric's first appointment was as Bandmaster of the Craghead Colliery Band at the age of 29. The band qualified for the 1953 second section finals in London. The steady progress continued seeing the band compete at London in five second section finals in six years. 1958 saw the band promoted to the Championship Section and after a settling in period the band ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amington Band
Amington is a suburban village, parish and ward, in Staffordshire, England. Formerly a distinct village, it is now part of the Tamworth borough, with no gap between it and the neighbouring wards of Bolehall, Glascote, Glascote Heath and Stonydelph. History Amington and Stonydelph formerly formed one "township" and were part of the ancient parish of Tamworth.Amington Amington, now in Staffordshire, was previously part of the county of ; the county boundary between Staffordshire and Warwickshire formerly running along [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brass Band Sections In The United Kingdom
There are five main brass band sections in the United Kingdom: Championship, First, Second, Third, and Fourth. Sometimes, a Youth section is also used, but this is not graded. Championship section This is the section containing the very best bands in the United Kingdom who compete in the Open and National Brass Band Championships, established in 1853 and 1860 respectively. Bands such aCory Band Black Dyke, Brighouse and Rastrick, Fairey and Grimethorpe are placed in here. A few of these have professional or semi-professional players, but the contest has always been designed towards amateur musicians. The test pieces set for or commissioned by this section are extremely difficult and use complicated musical conventions and techniques to challenge the musicians. Music composed for this section in recent years has included "Eden" by John Pickard and "Montreux Wind Dances" by Carl Rütti. There are a range of different competitions for this section from the Regional Qualifying ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athus
Athus (german: Athem, lb, Attem, wa, Atu) is a part of Aubange city Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Aubange, located in the province of Luxembourg, Belgium. It is located in the far south of the country, just near the borders with France and Luxembourg. It is a French speaking city, though the traditional language is Luxembourgish. The poet and novelist Hubert Juin (1926–1987) was born in Athus. The city was famous during the 19th and 20th century because of its steelworks factory which closed in the 1970s. Geography The city is surrounded by two boundaries: the one with France and the other one with Luxembourg; city was built around the Messancy river and the river Chiers, both right tributaries to the Meuse. Directly across the border with Luxembourg is the town of Rodange and the town of Pétange is to the east. On the French side, the main neighbouring city is Longwy in Meurthe-et-Moselle, over 5 km to the south west. Athus is situated at 200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vienna, Virginia
Vienna () is a town in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. As of the 2020 U.S. census, Vienna has a population of 16,473. Significantly more people live in ZIP codes with the Vienna postal addresses (22180, 22181, and 22182), bordered approximately by Interstate 66 on the south, Interstate 495 on the east, Route 7 to the north, and Hunter Mill Road to the west, than in the town itself. History Non-native settlement in the region dates to ca. 1740. In 1754, prominent soldier and land owner Colonel Charles Broadwater settled within the town boundaries. Broadwater's son-in-law, John Hunter built the first recorded house there in 1767, naming it Ayr Hill to recall his birthplace, Ayr, Scotland. That name was then applied to the tiny developing community. The name of the town was changed in the 1850s, when a doctor, William Hendrick, settled there if the town renamed itself after his hometown, Phelps, New York, which was then known as Vienna. On June 17, 1861, a relatively-mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oakton High School
Oakton High School is a public high school in unincorporated Fairfax County, Virginia, in proximity to the town of Vienna, in the United States. It is part of Fairfax County Public Schools. Oakton operates on a block schedule five days a week, alternating between "Burgundy" and "Gold" days. It is currently led by Principal Jamie Lane and several assistant principals. History Oakton High School was founded in 1967 in Vienna, Virginia. The original Oakton High School was located in the facility which is now used by Oakton Elementary School. When it opened, Oakton was the host facility for an IBM 1401 which was Fairfax County's first computer. A computer curriculum, one of the first offered at the high school level, was available to full-time Oakton students and to students from several other county high schools on a part-time basis. This system was retired in the early seventies when Fairfax County installed an IBM 360 mainframe at the Annandale campus of Northern Virginia Commu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goodwell, Oklahoma
Goodwell is a town in Texas County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 1,293 at the 2010 census. Goodwell is home to Oklahoma Panhandle State University. History In 1901, Goodwell was established as a switch along the Chicago and Rock Island Railroad. The switch was named Goodwell because a "good well" was found there. In 1903, Goodwell was established and celebrated its centennial in 2003. In 1909, the ''Pan-Handle Agricultural Institute'' was established in Goodwell. Its name was changed to ''Panhandle Agricultural and Mechanical College'' (PAMC) in 1921, then to ''Oklahoma Panhandle State College of Agriculture and Applied Science'' in 1967, then to its current name of Oklahoma Panhandle State University in 1974. The No Man's Land Museum was established in 1932 as a project of the science department at Panhandle Agricultural and Mechanical College. In 1933, the No Man's Land Historical Society was established and took control of the museum. On June 24, 2012 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
